Coleshill – All Saints Church, Oxfordshire.
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie Location: All Saints Church, Coleshill, Oxfordshire. Postcode: SN6 7PT Coleshill is a small village sat on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire border, owned by the National Trust. For over 500 years, it was owned by one family, the Pleydell family....
Lansdown – Christchurch, Gloucestershire
10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Location: Christchurch Lansdown Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2JH Details on cross: RIP OFFICERS NCO AND MEN 10TH BATTN GLOSTER REGT KILLED IN ACTION HIGH WOOD AREA AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1916 Text type: Black hand painted...
Winterton-on-Sea – Holy Trinity & All Saints, Norfolk
Arthur Perceval Green Location: The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints Winterton-on-Sea Norfolk NR29 4GN Details on cross: LIEUT. A P GREEN. 7th NORFOLK REGT Killed in Action Aged 22...
Flore – All Saints, Northamptonshire
Bruce Lorence Capell Location: All Saints Church Flore Northamptonshire NN7 4LZ Details on cross: Cross is heavily built and has side supports at 45 degree angles. In Loving Memory of Bruce Lorence Capell 2nd Lt (MC) 2/1 North Midland (Staffs) R.G.A....
Nackington – St Mary the Virgin, Kent
Brothers William & Charles Chapman Location: St Mary the Virgin Church. Nackington, Canterbury Kent. CT4 7AD Details on the Cross: There are actually two crosses, located next to each other on the wall, through the church, turn right and located beside the 2nd...
Sotterley – St. Margaret, Suffolk
Seymour and Miles Barne Access to the church is by walking about half to 3/4 of a mile across the Estate lands, no direct vehicular access to the Church, on a private estate. Car parking is literally on the side of the road, cross a stile and follow painted black...
Shamley Green – Christ church, Surrey
Cyril A.G.Hodgson Location: Christ Church, Church Hill Shamley Green Guildford Surrey GU5 0UD Details on cross: The simple cross is situated outside the church to the East of the main South door. It is formed of a cross with a ‘roof’ for protection. The ‘roof’ is...
Arngask Old Parish Churchyard, Glenfarg, Perthshire
George McArthur Location: Arngask Old Parish Churchyard, Glenfarg. Perthshire, Scotland PH2 9QA Details on cross: (Trooper George) McArthur Guards Plaque on stone base reads: ORIGINAL CROSS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF 3545 TROOPER GEORGE McARTHUR 1st LIFE GUARDS KILLEDIN...
Naunton – St Andrew’s Church, Gloucestershire
John Bartlett Location: St Andrew's Church Naunton Gloucestershire GL54 3AX Details on cross: On shaft, above cross beam: 274 R G A On crossbeam: GUNR J.BARTLETT On shaft underneath crossbeam: 110951 Interred in France Text type: black paint Cross Dimensions: Shaft...
Burford – St John the Baptist, Oxfordshire
Arthur Septimus Conway Location: St John the Baptist Church Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4RY Details on cross: At the top of the shaft: It appears a GRU tag was once affixed to the cross but has been lost. 701 On the crossbeam: 1 /N. STAFFS. Text type: GRU tags Cross...
Broughton Poggs, St Peters – Oxfordshire
12 named and 78 unnamed men of the 52nd Lt Infantry. Broughton Poggs is a little hamlet tagged onto the edge of a larger (but still small) village called Filkins in Oxfordshire. It has only around 10 houses, yet it took us almost 40 minutes in a car to find the church...
Formby – St Peter’s Church, Merseyside
Officers of the 12th King Regiment Location: St. Peter's Church Green Lane Formby Merseyside L37 7DL Details on cross: This is a large white wooden cross. It is inscribed: 'In memory of the following officers of the 12th Kings who gave their lives near this spot Sept...
Framlingham College Chapel – Suffolk
Gordon Flowerdew Location: Framlingham College Chapel Framlingham Suffolk IP13 9EY Details on cross: small GRU plot locator on upper shaft. H-1 Three GRU tags on cross piece: Captain G. M. Flowerdew Lord Strathcona’s Horse 31-03-18 Text type (e.g. hand-written,...
Bromborough – St Barnabas Church, Cheshire
Unknown British Soldier Location: St Barnabas Church Bromborough Wirral Cheshire CH62 7AA Details on cross: GRU metal strip at top of cross, Metal strip on cross member Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Approximate...
Herne – St Martin’s Church, Kent
WILLIAM CHARLES WOOLLETT Location: St Martin Church. Herne, Herne Bay Kent CT6 7HN Details on the cross: silver plaque with the following text: CAPT W.C. WOOLLETT K.O.Y.L.I Gold square plaque located part way down the bottom section of the cross has the following...
Catherine’s Court – Batheaston, Somerset
Richard Neville Strutt Location: St Catherines Church Catherine's Court Batheaston Somerset BA1 8HA Details on cross: Hard to read due to fading - on cross beam Z T (?) Strutt, on shaft 2 Lt Strutt R Scots - maybe cross beam by German and rest added later? Text...
East Wretham – St Ethelbert’s Church, Norfolk
Marc Andrew Patrick Noble Location: St Ethelbert’s Church East Wretham Norfok IP24 4RJ Details on cross: In Memory of 2/Lieut. M.A.P. Noble 121st BDE RFA, Killed in Action 1st July 1917 R.I.P. Text type:Hand painted Cross dimensions (millimetres please) Shaft Height:...
City of Worcester Museum and Art Gallery
Herbert Cecil Cutler Location: City of Worcester Museum and Art Gallery Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1TD Details on cross: Cross formed from aeroplane propeller: Small GRU tag: “GRU 3” Text on propeller hub: Lt. H. C. CUTLER 24 SQDN KILLED IN ACTION 10. 5. 17 WORC....
Dingwall Ross – Station Square, Ross & Cromarty
4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Location: Station Square Dingwall Ross & Cromarty IV15 9PZ Details on cross: NOTE: The cross is constructed of a tree branch for both shaft and cross beam (recently restored in 2014). On the shaft below the cross beam there are 9...
Kempsey – St Marys, Worcestershire
Arthur James Basil Butcher and S F Johnson Location St. Mary’s Kempsey Worcestershire WR5 3JH St. Mary’s is located between Lane’s End and Squire’s walk. Details on cross: Cross commemorates two men, very difficult to read – See below Text type (tags, carved) GRU Tag...
Bootle – Christ Church, Liverpool
Unknown British Soldier Location: Christ Church, Breeze Hill, Bootle, Liverpool Merseyside L20 9EY Details on cross: WGC Unknown British Soldier It is positioned at the front on of the church, on the right hand side as you go in in the brickwork of an arch Text type:...
Amberley – Holy Trinity, Gloucestershire
Unknown British Soldier Location: Holy Trinity church Amberley, Gloucestershire, GL5 5JG. Details on cross: GRU Unknown British Soldier Text type: GRU tags Cross dimensions: Standard BRitish Army Cross Cross to an unknown soldier. This one has two tags. The short GRU...
Redcar – St Peters, North Yorkshire
Stewart Gordon Ridley & L.S. Garside Location: Saint Peters Church Redcar North Yorkshire TS10 3JL Details on cross: top crest RFC LIEUT: SG RIDLEY RFC 18th JUNE 1916 1st AM J S GARSIDE 20th JUNE 1916 The cross is high up on the west wall of the Lady Chapel and is...
Tewkesbury Abbey – Glocestershire
Walter Roberts Location: Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 5RZ Details on cross: In Memory of (hardly legible – looks like) N75419 GR ROBERTS. KILLED IN ACTION 2-7-18 There is also text on the diagonals – the top two bars are barely...